RT Book, Section
A1 Govender, Praveen
A1 Little, Frederic F.
A1 Wilson, Kevin C.
A1 Center, David M.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
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ID 1122355893
T1 Lymphocyte- and Macrophage-Mediated Inflammation in the Lung
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122355893
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  lung  receives  a  continual  flow  of  foreign  infectious  and  noninfectious  antigens  during  respiration.  Like  the  gut,  genitourinary  tract,  and  skin  the  lung  is  one  of  the  interfaces  of  the  sterile  body  with  the  environment.  The  lung's  immune  defense  system  and  inflammatory  mechanisms  are  poised  to  deal  with  this  role.  In  this  chapter  we  will  consider  the  inflammatory  and  immune  roles  of  two  key  cells  of  hematopoietic  origin:  the  lung  lymphocyte  and  the  lung  macrophage.